Taxiing aircraft Y hit parked aircraft X tail with its wing while X was awaiting gate on taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	108820
Time
Date	198904
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	108820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 unspecified : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon gate arrival at dfw, we were told that while parked on ramp entrance north stub, another aircraft's wingtip hit the tail of ours while he taxied by us. We requested an inspection and the aircraft was taken out of service. No contact was felt by anyone aboard our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING ACFT Y HIT PARKED ACFT X TAIL WITH ITS WING WHILE X WAS AWAITING GATE ON TXWY.

Narrative: UPON GATE ARRIVAL AT DFW, WE WERE TOLD THAT WHILE PARKED ON RAMP ENTRANCE N STUB, ANOTHER ACFT'S WINGTIP HIT THE TAIL OF OURS WHILE HE TAXIED BY US. WE REQUESTED AN INSPECTION AND THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. NO CONTACT WAS FELT BY ANYONE ABOARD OUR ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.